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Antibiotics: Amazing Medicine that May Fuel Weight Gain

Antibiotics: Amazing Medicine that May Fuel Weight Gain
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Antibiotics have long been important in helping us to maintain our health, yet low doses of antibiotics have been given to animals for years to help them gain weight. Can you say Catch 22? Remember the obesity issue?

Scientists are now saying that antibiotics make small changes to the billions of microbes living in the digestive tracts of animals.

And your human body comes with microorganisms that break down food and take its nutrients, but antibiotics kill some of the organisms. That allows microbes in our intestines to absorb more calories.

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Overweight Benefits: A Few Extra Pounds Can be a Lifesaver

Overweight Benefits: A Few Extra Pounds Can be a Lifesaver
BY PAM LOBLEY
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
NOW THAT'S FUNNY

Just in time for your post-holiday bloat comes this wonderful news:  Those of us who are slightly overweight have a lower risk of early death tha...

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Routine MRI Exam Helped save Hillary Clinton's Life

Routine MRI Exam Helped save Hillary Clinton's Life
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Medical people are saying that cerebral venous thrombosis, the diagnosis of Hillary Rodham Clinton, could have been "life-threatening," but the Secretary of State ...

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McGreevey Jailhouse Counseling of Women Inmates In Spotlight

McGreevey Jailhouse Counseling of Women Inmates In Spotlight
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A documentary about the jailhouse treatment program where former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey now works has earned a spot at the Sundance Film Festival.

McGreevey a...

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Block Periodization Fitness Workout Tip: Adding a “Killer” Training Week to Increase Performance and Break Plateau

Block Periodization Fitness Workout Tip: Adding a “Killer” Training Week to Increase Performance and Break Plateau
BY TARA ZIMLIKI CPT, CSCS
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
COMMENTARY

If you are a runner or cyclist looking to have your personal best time, then you may want to add a more effective training program to your curre...

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Holidays can be Hazardous to Your Health; Just Ask Jersey's Kessler Institute

Holidays can be Hazardous to Your Health; Just Ask Jersey's Kessler Institute

To many people, the holidays are a magical time. But there’s no magical way to get all the shopping, decorating, cooking, cleaning and travelling done without the risk of stress, exhaustion and even ...

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Best Fitness Lesson of 2012: It Only takes 20 Minutes of Cardio to Boost Metabolism

Best Fitness Lesson of 2012: It Only takes 20 Minutes of Cardio to Boost Metabolism
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Overeating at events or family gatherings always seems to be part of our holiday celebration party planners over Christmas and New Year’s Day.

To help us to step away fr...

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The Littlest of Victims: New Jersey Babies Need Better Protection from Abuse/Neglect

The Littlest of Victims: New Jersey Babies Need Better Protection from Abuse/Neglect
BY NANCY PARELLO

Eighty percent of New Jersey children who died from abuse and neglect over a 5-year period were under 4 years old and nearly half of these babies were known to the state’s child protec...

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Oregano: As Chicken Feed, it Works Wonders, Controls Disease, say Farmers

Oregano: As Chicken Feed, it Works Wonders, Controls Disease, say Farmers
BY PAM LOBLEY
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM
NOW THAT'S FUNNY

Bell & Evans, the chicken company, is using lots of oregano these days.  No, they’re not making chicken parmesan.  They’re controlling disea...

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